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Authoring system for IPTV network

  • US 9,736,552 B2
  • Filed: 07/31/2015
  • Issued: 08/15/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device comprising:

  • a processing system including a processor; and

    a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

    receiving a speech command;

    retrieving, in response to the speech command, multimedia data from equipment of a service provider via a network interface, the multimedia data including video data;

    receiving an audio signal representing a verbal narrative;

    recording the verbal narrative;

    associating the verbal narrative with a frame in a sequence of frames of the video data, wherein the frame corresponds to a portion of an image in the received video data and wherein each frame includes an audio track associated with the frame;

    generating interframe transitions in the sequence of frames in accordance with editing commands, wherein a duration of the frame is based on a duration of the verbal narrative between successive interframe transitions; and

    transmitting the sequence of frames with the verbal narrative over the network for storage in a database as a subscriber authored presentation,wherein the service provider associates the database with a channel of the network, the subscriber authored presentation thereby being viewable by a network subscriber having access to the channel.

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